Questions tagged [it-industry]
Questions about the workplace which specifically relate to the Information Technology industry.
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Is it ethical to ask manager repeatedly after short interval for onsite opportunity?
I was added to a project a year ago and it was stated that there will definitely be some onsite opportunities later in project.
When I asked, manager told me he will put forward my name to upper ...
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Does the quality of a doctoral thesis make any difference in job quality in the industry?
I know in the academic system it is very important if one has completed his Ph.D. with a "summa cum laude" or not. At least if someone wants to go for a professorship position. Also, to try ...
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Research-Science Strategist [closed]
Is the role of a Research/Scientific strategist for a company
a) more general, such as to decide the general guidelines of what the scientific domains the company will be dealing with will be? Or
b) ...
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Employee lack of ownership
I manage 20 software engineers divided into 4 sub teams. Every team has good work standards and a high-level of ownership except one. That team has one senior guy and three juniors. Every time there ...
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Is there a ballpark industry standard for recruiter fees? [closed]
I've been dealing with a recruiter recently who - as far as I can see - doesn't have a transparent fees structure.
In my current role - from talking to the manager I found that the recruiter takes ...
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How much time should I spend on preliminary technical exercises for a job application?
For a recent job application - I was a assigned a not-in-person coding exercise, which involved creating a simple web application.
I spent about a day doing it. I'd solved the functional part of it ...
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Is it professional to use personal contacts in other companies to solve problems at work?
I work in IT, and like typical IT folks, have a lot of friends in IT.
Is it professional to use these connections to help my employer?
For example, a client in my company needs to contact another ...
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